Peace Mission Progress Reported In Middle East Talks
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold held talks with Egyptian leaders in Cairo and pressed for quiet on the Israel Egypt frontier. A Jerusalem report noted five Israeli casualties from landmine blasts near the Gaza Strip, while Hammarskjold planned to push troop deescalation and border pullbacks.
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Cairo
Egypt
P—U.n
Dag Hammarskjold
Jerusalem
Niryitzhaq
Gaza Strip
Hammarskjold
Gamal
Israel
Syria
Jordan River Valley
Beirut
David Ben-Gurion
Patent suit over isotope patent involves AEA and Philips
Britain's Atomic Energy Authority faces a lawsuit by Philips Electric Ltd of London alleging infringement of an Italian led isotope patent from 1935 involving Enrico Fermi and Bruno Pontecorvo. The patent underpins isotope production for atomic energy and was previously involved in a US settlement of $300,000 in 1953.
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London
Britain
Atomic Energy Authority
Bruno Pontecorvo
AEA
Philips Electric Ltd
Enrico Fermi
Pontecorvo
Rome University
London News Chronicle
United States
Four Destroyers Leave From Newport for Mediterranean
Four destroyers based at Newport Rhode Island will depart to join the U S 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean The move aims to broaden training and enable occasional cruising in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean The ships are the McNair McGowan Lewis Hancock and The Sullivans
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Newport
R.I
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Washington
Middle East
6Th Fleet
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
McNair
McGowan
Lewis Hancock
Sullivans
Farm bill veto won’t swing farm vote for Eisenhower
Oklahoma City report quotes a Republican official saying President Eisenhower’s veto of the farm bill poses no threat to his electoral support among farmers. The official stated the veto will not alter farm voters’ backing in the presidential race.
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Oklahoma City
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Decision on farm bill due next week in Augusta
President Eisenhower has not decided to sign or veto the farm bill and will announce a decision early next week. Benson says the measure is unacceptable and will confer with officials at Augusta National Golf Club before returning to Washington.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Benson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Martin
Augusta National Golf Club
Sen. Hickenlooper
Cooley
House Agricultural Committee
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Wichita
Fred Hall
Hall
Joe Foss
Leo Hoegh
Victor Anderson
Nat King Cole in Dixie on Southern tour after Birmingham attack
Nat King Cole toured the South again, saying he wants to move past a Birmingham assault by white men. He declined politics, but accepted an NAACP invitation to oppose racism. Raleigh crowd of about 3,700 greeted him with typical enthusiasm as four officers stood by and no incidents were reported.
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Raleigh
N.C
Nat (King) Cole
Dixie
Birmingham
Ala
Cole
National Assn.y
Memorial Auditorium
Water Resources Meeting Monday
A public meeting by the State Water Resources Board on Kansas water problems will be held Monday at the Memorial Building starting at 9 a.m. Richard M. Seaton of Coffeyville will preside. Topics include water supply pollution abatement flood control watershed treatment state water laws and irrigation. Oral statements are welcome though written remarks can be included in the permanent record.
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State Water Resources Board
Kansas
Memorial Building
Richard M. Seaton
Coffeyville
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1956 Report
Kansas State Accident Records shows 0 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 156 on the year to date 1956, compared with 137 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Scouts Enter Show at Iola
The Scouts in Action show for the Sedan Area's northern district will be held at the Community Building in Riverside Park in Iola Monday night. Boy Scouts and Cubs from Chanute Humboldt Iola and Toronto will participate, with 400 to 500 expected. The Iola High School Band opens at 7 p.m. The program ends with a grand entry as Scouts and Cubs march in uniform. God and Country awards will honor seven denominations for church attendance and service. Demonstrations of skills games and crafts booths complete the event.
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Sedan
Riverside Park
Lola
Chanute
Humboldt
Toronto
Iola High School
Work Encouraging On Atomic Plane
Rep Holi field of California says there have been encouraging developments toward an atomic powered airplane but no promise of immediate success. He cautions a breakthrough could come in a couple of years or seven years, uncertain timing. He serves on the Senate House committee on atomic energy.
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Washington
Holifield
D-Calif
Senate
House Committee On
Gruenther Ends Air Force Block To Top Position
Washington reports Gruenther plans retirement this year, clearing path for possible Air Force chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Natl defense shift may see Gruenther leave NATO supreme command as Norstad eyed for top posts, with Twining's and Norstad's futures discussed.
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Gruenther
Air Force Block
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Army
Alfred M. Gruenther
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
JCS
Europe
Joint Chiefs Organization
Omar Bradley
Arthur Radford
Nathan F. Twining
USAF
Lauris Norstad
Supreme Command
NATO
Norstad
Priest Found Mentally Incompetent in Niece Slaying
Fort Worth Texas Thurman L. Priest 49 formerly of Grand Prairie was deemed mentally incompetent by U S District Judge Joe Estes after three psychiatrists evaluated him at the Public Health Service Hospital here He remains sentenced to life in Missouri from a 1955 state court conviction and would have faced federal trial under the Lindbergh Kidnap Law if found sane
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Fort Worth
Tex
Thurman L. Priest
Jeanette Earnest
Joe Estes
Priest
U. S. Public Health Service
Land award hiked by district court near Wichita
A Sedgwick County district court jury raised the appraisers’ award for a tract taken for the Kansas Turnpike by 25 percent. G M Fisher, who farms east of Wichita, received 50162 for 17.35 acres, above the original 40226 from three appraisers. Both sides appealed.
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Wichita
G. M. Fisher
Fisher
Kansas Turnpike Authority
KTA
Sedgwick County
Driver Pleads Guilty to DUI and Pays Fine
A. R. LaSalle of 101 N. Plummer pleaded guilty in police court to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Judge Robert Pennington presided and ordered surrender of the driver's license with a $125 fine.
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A. R. LaSalle
N. Plummer
Robert Pennington
Harmony Urged at GOP Meet in Kansas
Rolla Clymer told the Kansas Republican convention to curb bickering and rally party teamwork as it finished electing a 22 member national delegation. Delegates debated anti-Hall and pro-Hall factions with race and ideology shaping six at large posts and four others, amid cautious optimism for calm.
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Wichita
Kansas
Rolla Clymer
el Dorado
Clymer
Eisenhower
Fred Hall
Hall
al Becker
Kansas City
Kas
Will Beck
Holton
James Williams
Dodge City
John Wall
Sedan
Wilbur Leonard
GOP
Ned Cushing
Downs
Leslie Powell
Marion County
Leonard
Powell
Harry Darby
Lloyd Ruppenthal
Mildred Strohm
Prince and Grace Kelly wedding romance delights Monaco
Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly arrive in Monte Carlo amid fanfare and security as their romance accelerates. The prince’s chaplain says Grace has made him happy and relaxed in the 48 hours since they began their Paris-Menot relationship, with a brief pre wedding lecture promised before the civil ceremony.
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Prince
Grace Kelly
Monte Carlo
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Francis Tucker
Tucker
Wilmington
Del
Hollywood
Grace
Marcel Portanier
State Council
Rainier
Weekend Kansas showers bring possible thunderstorms
Forecast notes partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Sunday with scattered thunderstorms. Cooler conditions Sunday with overnight lows in the 40s to 60s and top temperatures in the 60s. Reports of hail and roof damage in Lebo Lyndon Ottawa Lebo Caldwell Pittsburg Emporia and Olathe with varying moisture amounts. Top temps yesterday ranged 70 to 80 across the state and lows from 38 to 61.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Lebo
Lyndon
Ottawa
Caldwell
Pittsburg
Emporia
Olathe
Salina
Chanute
Concordia
Goodland
Girl Scout Finance Drive To Begin Next Week
The Girl Scout finance drive starts Monday and runs two weeks through month end, chaired by Mrs. Richard E. Cleaver. Letters were sent to clubs, and mothers and leaders will make house to house calls. Tribune delivery issues may be resolved by calling a carrier or 700 after 6 p.m.
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Richard E. Cleaver
Vows in Bus Heavy Marriage Wife Joins Show
A 23-year-old man weighing 640 pounds married his 21-year-old sweetheart weighing 360 pounds on a traveling show bus in Jackson Tennessee. Medical technicians and deputy clerks rode to the bus to perform blood tests and issue the license as the groom could not travel to the courthouse. The bride will join the act and they plan no honeymoon, calling the tour their year long honeymoon. The couple, Mr. W D Cowland of Erie Pennsylvania and Miss Mabel Ruth Watkins of Aliquippa Pennsylvania, wed under show auspices.
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Jackson, Tenn
W. D. Cowland
Erie
Mabel Ruth Watkins
Aliquippa
Cowlan
Cowland
Utah Gov Lee Won’t Pay Federal Income Tax
Gov J Bracken Lee of Utah received a Treasury letter urging payment by Monday and said he will not pay. He questions what the IRS means by the usual collection methods and seeks to test the constitutionality of the tax and its use of funds for foreign aid.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey
Lee
Humphrey
Internal Revenue Service
French Show of Arms Fails to Halt Strife in Algeria
In Algiers a mechanized division parade underlined French military might amid ongoing clashes with nationalists. Arab nationalist attacks and defections persisted, including a Europeanized Moslem lieutenant joining rebels after another officer fled with a truckload of arms.
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Algiers
Algeria
Germany
Margaret Truman Heads Home for Vows
Margaret Truman travels by train to Independence Missouri for her April 21 marriage to Clifton Daniel of the New York Times. Daniel, a foreign desk editor’s assistant, declines a station kiss saying he prefers privacy for the couple.
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New York
Margaret Truman
Independence
Clifton Daniel
Daniel
New York Times
Wolf
New Home for Aged El Dorado Project
Construction starts Tuesday on a new 50 bed home for the aged at Augusta Kansas. A. L. Knobler of Augusta received the contract for 148987.50 dollars and the project is due to be completed by September 15.
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el Dorado
Augusta
Kas
A. L. Knobler
Senior High Gym Show Demonstrates PE Activities
Senior High School physical education classes and the drum corps present a gym show Tuesday at 7 30 P M in the Senior High gymnasium to acquaint the public with PE activities. About 260 students participate in demonstrations including marching drum corps square dancing trampoline calisthenics volleyball basketball archery folk dancing and aerial darts. Proceeds fund intra mural sports and small equipment.
Strike Appears Broken In Northern Spain
In Pamplona the civil governor declared strikers may return to work with full pay, signaling government reluctance to enforce mass dismissals. The move ends the strike without wage gains for the workers.
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Spain
Madrid
Pamplona
Mountain Lion Reported Near Coronado Heights Farm
A mountain lion is reported in the area of the Harold Lundberg farm one mile south of Coronado Heights. Mrs Lundberg says she saw the beast near the cattle corral this week and found tracks around the cow barns and granary.
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Lindsborg
Kas
Harold Lundberg
Coronado Heights
Derby on TV described for CBS telecast
CBS TV will broadcast the Kentucky Derby on Saturday May 5 at 4 15 p m CST with full coverage and race-day commentary.
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Derby
New York
Cbs-Tv
Eisenhower Urges Strong Inter-American Ties on Pan American Day
Dr Milton S Eisenhower said the United States shows growing awareness of interdependence with Latin America in economic political military and cultural fields. He praised the good partner policy and led Pan American Union remarks marking Pan American Day honoring Cordell Hull with a bust unveiled in Aztec Gardens before diplomats officials and congressmen.
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Washington
Milton S. Eisenhower
United States
Latin America
U.S
Cordell Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hull
Union Building
Bill of Rights Not Recognized by Northwestern Students
In Kansas City a survey of 560 Northwestern University students found 92.2 percent could not identify the Bill of Rights when presented as an anonymous document. Dr. Raymond W. Mack noted all students affirmed belief in the Bill of Rights.
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Kansas City
Northwestern University
Raymond W. Mack
Northwestern
Health Plan Pushed For Service Families
Senator Russell D-Gaio said Congress should enact a government health care plan for servicemen families in the same shape as the House approved. The Senate Armed Services Committee completed hearings and will act promptly. The bill would grant immediate families of armed forces members access to free or near free health services with nominal outpatient fees and the first $250 of major hospitalization costs.
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Washington
Sen
Russell D-Gai
Congress
House
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Problems Solved By Tree Trimmer
Salina report shows Cleo Markle hired to cut a catalpa tree on a building lot. A swarm of bees halted work and he set fire to the felled trunk to drive them off. He then winched, hauled, and burned the timber and finally moved the trunk to the dump, job finished.
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Salina
Cleo Markle
Markle
Catalpa
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Fletcher
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Palace
Atulis Peesceev
Girl Scout
Tribune
Dr. Eisenhower Aroes
Friends For Americas
Dr. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
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